I was going to take a "rest day" from the daily TdF thread, but I think there are enough interesting topics for us to banter about:
OK here is the GC:
1FROOME CHRISTOPHER1TEAM SKY64H 40' 21''
2ARU FABIO51ASTANA PRO TEAM64H 40' 39''+ 00' 18''
3BARDET ROMAIN11AG2R LA MONDIALE64H 40' 44''+ 00' 23''
4URAN RIGOBERTO188CANNONDALE DRAPAC PROFESSIONAL CYCLING TEAM64H 40' 50''+ 00' 29''
5MARTIN DANIEL105QUICK - STEP FLOORS64H 41' 33''+ 01' 12'
6LANDA MIKEL6TEAM SKY64H 41' 38''+ 01' 17''
7YATES SIMON89ORICA - SCOTT64H 42' 23''+ 02' 02''
8MEINTJES LOUIS61UAE TEAM EMIRATES64H 45' 30''+ 05' 09'
'9CONTADOR ALBERTO31TREK - SEGAFREDO64H 45' 58''+ 05' 37''
10CARUSO DAMIANO42BMC RACING TEAM64H 46' 26''+ 06' 05''
- How the heck is Landa on the world's most awesome form after doing the Giro, while Quintana-Pinot-Mollema are toast. Is it just this latter group of three went full throttle every day of the Giro while Landa was stage hunting/climber jersey hunting and had a few more days of easy riding. The last person who was near the TdF podium after a full (but not so sharp Giro) was Lance in 2009....debate away
- What's your take on Landa coming back to help Froome today?
- It seems like the general consensus is that Bardet+Aru need 90 second on Froome by the Marseilles ITT to win the yellow in Paris. Uran probably needs 20-30s?
- What tactics does Contador need to apply to take the Serre Chevalier or the Izoard stage? Perhaps Quintana can turn into a stage hunting ally now. Does Sky send Landa up the road for a full on Spanish Armada style Contador attack.
- Matthews is 79 points out of the green. There are daily intermediate sprints preceded by at least one cat 2 or cat 3 climb and a sprinter stage into Salon and the Paris finish. That is 7 locations if I count correctly to get Green Jersey points with 2 sprinter finishes. All of these other than Paris are not tailor made for Kittell. There may still be a race for the Green in Paris.
- Can Tony Martin win the final ITT?
OK here is the GC:
1FROOME CHRISTOPHER1TEAM SKY64H 40' 21''
2ARU FABIO51ASTANA PRO TEAM64H 40' 39''+ 00' 18''
3BARDET ROMAIN11AG2R LA MONDIALE64H 40' 44''+ 00' 23''
4URAN RIGOBERTO188CANNONDALE DRAPAC PROFESSIONAL CYCLING TEAM64H 40' 50''+ 00' 29''
5MARTIN DANIEL105QUICK - STEP FLOORS64H 41' 33''+ 01' 12'
6LANDA MIKEL6TEAM SKY64H 41' 38''+ 01' 17''
7YATES SIMON89ORICA - SCOTT64H 42' 23''+ 02' 02''
8MEINTJES LOUIS61UAE TEAM EMIRATES64H 45' 30''+ 05' 09'
'9CONTADOR ALBERTO31TREK - SEGAFREDO64H 45' 58''+ 05' 37''
10CARUSO DAMIANO42BMC RACING TEAM64H 46' 26''+ 06' 05''
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devashish_paul: Jul 16, 17 17:11